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Voy. with Roko.
20 foot whale boat.
5 crew, Roco Feze, Hosea. I, 2 sails.
Decorated, fluted underwear,
Roko's eyes ached. Orange (ochre hair.)
Reef flat, a dozen shades of blue & green.
Triangular island,
S. aspect of island - in places, wind swept & scrubby vegetation -
Namana!
In narrow mangrove bay,
2 small canoes,
Cross sticks in trail up to village. Hot.
Roko meets Iniaga [[insertion]] red Sulu - white military coat red [[?]]. [[rat?]] mistake
Down. Church. House with corrugated roof. School & church. - tapa ornament 
Iniaza's home 50 x 60 feet. 25 high Notables. tinka spears [[Tanoa?]] 3 ft. across. [[cha?]] Coconuts brought on leaf. German beer mug affect. bamboo for pillows, mats, clean straw. ubiqitous clothes line 
Bibi makes notes. Vance cola

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Root of Zangona
Ceremony. [[line]]
Lecture of Buli to apprehensive crowd
Food by women - squatting
16 leaves & 2 pots
38 in room. Song, at first solo then a duet, later everyone, [[insertion]] incl. Buli [[/insertion]]
Time by beating fingers on mats. Too many verses to it.

While yangona is being drunk we observe hordes of flies hovering over the food.
Leaves rinsed - purple dalo, yellow yams, green bread fruit & from the pots boiled fowl.

[[strikethrough]] [[Vuri?]] [[/strikethrough]] matani vanea indicates which food goes to who. Salts. Chicken tender - was tor in coconut bowls. Warm water to wash hands. Coco-nut. Pleasantries.

Transcription Notes:
Sulu (skirt)